But Broad said: “It’s a complete shot in the dark really, isn’t it? He doesn’t know what the changing room is like. I don’t think he’s got much insight into the England changing room at all.

“I don’t think the players talk to him about cricket or what’s going on within the changing room, so I think it was a bit of a wild guess. But it’s personal columns, radio shows that need ‘likes’ and air time, isn’t it?”

Either way, Broad responded with figures of three for 38 – having managed just one wicket in England’s crushing defeat at Lord’s last week.